Comments on: Free money for your business! Seriously, you just have to know where to look… http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2010/04/free-money-for-your-business-seriously-you-just-have-to-know-where-to-look/ Charting your path the business success Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: venture capital melbourne http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2010/04/free-money-for-your-business-seriously-you-just-have-to-know-where-to-look/comment-page-1/#comment-15075 venture capital melbourne Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:03:06 +0000 http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/?p=283#comment-15075 The main reason lies in the fact that most Governments tend to trust only those new businesses that have a particular niche in mind because of which their main focus is the targeted group of customers or users. In addition to that, those who clearly spell out their requirements and long-terms plans are approved for business grants. The main reason lies in the fact that most Governments tend to trust only those new businesses that have a particular niche in mind because of which their main focus is the targeted group of customers or users. In addition to that, those who clearly spell out their requirements and long-terms plans are approved for business grants.

]]> By: Sarah Arrow http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2010/04/free-money-for-your-business-seriously-you-just-have-to-know-where-to-look/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Sarah Arrow Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:38:32 +0000 http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/?p=283#comment-2405 Grants for everything, I nearly choked when I read this. There are grants for many things but not for womans start ups, so a mum starting a business after maternity leave has to borrow / beg and probably steal to get money, well maybe not steal, but you get the picture. After maternity leave your last years wage isn't enough to get you a loan, your income is zip. Small grants are available for tech start ups but not for women, who are less likely to start a tech start up. I called Eeda re a funding stream, the sent me to business link, where I had already looked, to be told go and search the database. When I mentioned that I had and that eedea suggested I contact them re this specific strand of funding I was told there is only money for tech start ups at the moment. So yes, free money, grants galore but not if you are a woman and not if you want to do somethng other than start a tech business. A harsh fact of life in all these years of equality we still can't get grants to help us, we have to go to family and friends. Grants for everything, I nearly choked when I read this. There are grants for many things but not for womans start ups, so a mum starting a business after maternity leave has to borrow / beg and probably steal to get money, well maybe not steal, but you get the picture. After maternity leave your last years wage isn’t enough to get you a loan, your income is zip.

Small grants are available for tech start ups but not for women, who are less likely to start a tech start up. I called Eeda re a funding stream, the sent me to business link, where I had already looked, to be told go and search the database. When I mentioned that I had and that eedea suggested I contact them re this specific strand of funding I was told there is only money for tech start ups at the moment.

So yes, free money, grants galore but not if you are a woman and not if you want to do somethng other than start a tech business. A harsh fact of life in all these years of equality we still can’t get grants to help us, we have to go to family and friends.

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